---
type: "Bill"
title: "extend the issuance period for commercial learner's permits."
description: "extend the issuance period for commercial learner's permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "South Dakota SB 30 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver License", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49642763-c657-434e-818c-d32f11ce662d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21961"
source_hash: "4500d4936eb47b2b6016faeb61aa3ce0e87f8944eb1bf234e1eb7446b70a81c6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota SB 30 (2021) — extend the issuance period for commercial learner's permits.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21961/210019)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21961/216430)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 18 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-20** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 90
- **2021-01-22** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 97
- **2021-01-25** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 106 `passage`
- **2021-01-26** First read in House and referred to H.J. 130 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-02** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 196 `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Signed by the President S.J. 218 `passage`
- **2021-02-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 257 `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-10 S.J. 235 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-18** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-18 S.J. 286 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49642763-c657-434e-818c-d32f11ce662d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).